PUV Modernization Program, ipagpapatuloy sa kabila ng resolusyon ng Senado ayon sa LTFRB

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00:00The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, or LTFRB, signed that the Public Transportation Modernization Program, or PTMP,

00:08will continue despite the resolution in the Senate to suspend it.

00:12According to LTFRB Chairman Atty. Teofilo Guadice III, the order to continue the program came from President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

00:21According to the Transportation Department, Assistant Secretary Andy Ortega, they will arrive at their meeting in Palacios

00:27in accordance with the letter sent by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista,

00:31where they clearly stated the importance of the program in the transportation sector.

00:36Meanwhile, the unity walk was organized in an orderly and peaceful manner,

00:39with hundreds of members and leaders of corporations and corporations from different transport groups

00:45to arrive at their meeting in the government building.

00:49The resolution of the Senate is just their opinion on the issue.

00:55It is not binding to the Executive.

00:58The Executive's order to us, led by the President and Assistant Secretary Jaime Bautista,

01:07is to continue the program and there is no reason to stop the modernization.

01:14We went deep into the things that the program went through.

01:20The organizations changed and there is definitely an improvement.

01:24And most especially, bottom line, 83 percent joined.

01:29Maybe that is what needs to be explained through the letter that Secretary Bautista sent

01:35so that we know that this is a program that really embraces our big sector in transportation.